Integrate tags from OMRON Sysmac Gateway

This task describes how to add an OMRON PLC as a tag integration source in your project. It is based on our OMRON driver, which communicates with the PLC over Ethernet via OMRON Sysmac Gateway.

Please note the OMRON communication driver and tag integration are available only if you have purchased the appropriate license option and installed some additional files that are not normally included with this software. If you have not done so, these features will not work during project run time. For more information about the license option and additional files, or to ask about other communication drivers that might support your OMRON devices, contact your software distributor.

Before you begin, you should review the manufacturer's documentation for OMRON Sysmac Studio (that is, the programming software for NJ and NX Series), CX-Programmer (that is, the programming software for CJ2 Series), OMRON Sysmac Gateway, and your specific OMRON PLC.

You can also read the documentation for our OMRON driver: on the Help tab of the ribbon, in the Documentation group, click Communication Drivers, and then select OMRON. You do not need to do this, because tag integration and direct communication are configured differently, but it will help to familiarize you with some of the things mentioned in this task.

Make sure the OMRON PLC is running and accessible on your network, and then note its IP address. You might also need to use the programming software to reconfigure the PLC's tags to publish over the network, because the default configuration for newly created tags is not to publish and that will prevent tag integration.

• For NJ and NX Series, use OMRON Sysmac Studio to change the Network Publish setting for each tag from Do Not Publish to Publish Only.

• For CJ2 Series, use CX-Programmer to select the Net. Variable > Publication option for each symbol.

To enable your project to communicate with the OMRON PLC, you need to have OMRON Sysmac Gateway installed and running on both your project development workstation and the computer(s) that will host the project runtime. Our OMRON driver uses the gateway's API to communicate with the PLC. In the gateway console, start the communication service, and then note the Port ID of the Ethernet interface.

To add an OMRON PLC as a tag integration source in your project:

1. On the Project tab of the ribbon, in the Settings group, click Communication.

   The Project Settings dialog is displayed, with the Communication tab selected.

   

2. Under Tag Integration, click Add.

   The Tag Integration Source dialog box is displayed.

3. In the Type list, select Integrated.

4. In the Provider list, select OMRON Sysmac Gateway.

5. In the Name box, enter an appropriate name for the tag integration source.

   This name will be used as a prefix on the names of the integrated tags. The default is DEV, which is short for "device".

6. Click Add.

   The OMRON Tag Integration dialog box is displayed.

   

7. In the Model box, select one of the following:

   Option	Description
   CJ2	CJ2 Series
   NJ/NX	NJ and NX Series (default)

8. In the IP Address box, enter the IP address of the PLC.

9. In the Port ID box, enter the Port ID of the gateway's Ethernet interface, as it is configured in the gateway console.

10. If you want to import the PLC's system-defined variables, in addition to the user-created tags, select the Import PLC System Defined Variables option.

11. Click OK to finish the configuration and add the source.

If the source is added successfully, the PLC's tags will be immediately available in the Object Finder in the project development environment. For more information, see Use the Object Finder to select integrated tags.